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April 14th 2025

Making Novel Cancer Therapies Available Requires Choices Because Resources Are Limited

April 9th 2025

NCCN Data Find Racial, Socioeconomic Disparities in Quality of Care for Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

April 4th 2025

Comparing Breast Cancer Treatment Outcomes Between Fee-for-Service and Medicare Advantage

April 2nd 2025

Deep Learning Tool Differentiates Keloids From Malignant Lesions Without Dermoscopy

March 31st 2025

FDA Approves Durvalumab Combo for Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer

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April 9th 2025

How AI, Data Analytics, and Outcomes-Based Contracts Are Shaping Health Care: Laura Bobolts, PharmD, BCOP

April 1st 2025

Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Disruptions on Cancer Care Still Unfolding: Dan Nardi, MS

March 24th 2025

Elevating Cancer Care Through Personalized Treatment

March 15th 2025

How Do Infusion Pharmacies Support Financial Sustainability in Oncology?

March 2nd 2025

Identifying Good Candidates for Histotripsy to Treat Liver Tumors

February 23rd 2025

Histotripsy May Expand Beyond Liver Tumors, but Long-Term Data Are Still Needed

February 21st 2025

Barriers That Prevent Access to Optimal Treatment in Primary Urethral Cancer

February 21st 2025

The Need for Payer Support in Overcoming Cancer Care Disparities

February 20th 2025

Geographic Barriers Impede Access to Novel Cancer Treatments

February 20th 2025

Fueling Cancer Research Breakthroughs With Patient Contributions

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October 24th 2024

Exploring Racial, Ethnic Disparities in Cancer Care Prior Authorization Decisions

April 25th 2024

Examining Low-Value Cancer Care Trends Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic

December 19th 2023

Oncology Onward: A Conversation With Penn Medicine's Dr Justin Bekelman

August 15th 2023

Oncology Onward: A Conversation With OneOncology’s Dr Jeff Patton

March 21st 2023

Health Equity Conversations: Improving Diversity of Oncology Care Staff

February 3rd 2022

Lymphoma Research Foundation CEO on Biden’s Cancer Moonshot, Financial Toxicity

November 10th 2020

Reforming Oncology Care Payments: Interviews From the QCCA Leadership Summit

December 24th 2019

What Are the Next Steps for Collaboration, Accountability in Oncology Care First?

December 11th 2019

KOL Corner: Amy Ellis Discusses Value-Based Cancer Rehab With Amanda Hodges

December 1st 2019

Podcast: This Week in Managed Care—Challenges of Rural Healthcare Delivery and Other Health News

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FDA Approved. | Image Credit: wladimir1804 - stock.adobe.com
March 26th 2025

FDA Approves Cabozantinib for Advanced Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors

Giuliana Grossi
With strong progression-free survival benefits demonstrated in the CABINET trial and updates to National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines, this approval reinforces cabozantinib’s role in improving outcomes for patients facing these challenging cancers.
Doctor showing patient x-ray of lung cancer. | Image credit: Nattakorn – stock.adobe.com
March 25th 2025

3 DDR Phenotypes May Predict Chemotherapy Response in SCLC

Hayden E. Klein
One study showed small cell lung cancer (SCLC) tumors with higher DNA damage response (DDR) activity were initially more sensitive to chemotherapy but had worse overall survival.
Estrogen | Image credit: Debalina - stock.adobe.com
March 20th 2025

Estrogen Therapy May Increase Risk of 3 Skin Cancers

Hayden E. Klein
Researchers of a Swedish study advise physicians to consult with their patients about these risks and take extra precautions, but did not recommend discontinuation of any of the drugs studied.
Karen Winkfield, MD, PhD
March 19th 2025

Expanding Access to Clinical Trials Through Community Partnerships

Maggie L. Shaw Karen Winkfield, MD, PhD
Karen Winkfield, MD, PhD, addresses the importance of meeting patients where they are to expand clinical trial participation and remove barriers to trial access.
Texas Oncology logo | Image: Texas Oncology
March 18th 2025

Texas Oncology to Roll Out Canopy for ePROs After Head-to-Head Pilot

Mary Caffrey Rose McNulty
Debra Patt, MD, PhD, MBA, executive vice president of Public Policy and Strategy for Texas Oncology, said the practice received positive feedback from nurses and patients during a pilot that concluded in February.
Cancer Labels on Alcohol? Ireland, Where Pubs Still Rule, Will Have Them by Next Year
March 17th 2025

Cancer Labels on Alcohol? Ireland, Where Pubs Still Rule, Will Have Them by Next Year

Mary Caffrey
As St. Patrick's Day brings global celebrations involving alcohol, Ireland looks forward to rethinking excess consumption with a new tool set to arrive next year: the world's most comprehensive alcohol warning label.
Doctor screening patient for skin cancer | Image credit: Seventyfour – stock.adobe.com
March 14th 2025

Patients Prefer AI in Skin Cancer Screening as an Assistive Tool, Not a Replacement

Hayden E. Klein
Patients expressed concern that overreliance on artificial intelligence (AI) could lead to clinicians losing their skills, both medical and interpersonal.
The Weapons of Getting Paid: Bringing Data, Technology, and Advocacy to the Battle
March 9th 2025

The Weapons of Getting Paid: Bringing Data, Technology, and Advocacy to the Battle

Mary Caffrey
Experts shared details on health care contracting, setting up a centralized prior authorization pilot, and use of advocacy to win pharmacy benefit manager reforms at the state level.
Doctor conducting a skin cancer check | Image credit: InsideCreativeHouse - stock.adobe.com
March 6th 2025

Image-Guided Superficial Radiation Therapy Safe, Effective Treatment for Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer: Expert Panel

Emma Andrus
A dermatology expert panel confirms image-guided superficial radiation therapy as a safe, effective first-line treatment for select nonmelanoma skin cancer cases.
lung cancer | Image credit: Crystal light - stock.adobe.com
March 5th 2025

Study Launches Exploring Peluntamig Combo in DLL3-Expressing Tumors

Jordyn Sava
Dosing has started in a clinical evaluating peluntamig, which targets DLL3 and CD47, combined with chemotherapy in patients with DLL3-expressing small cell lung cancer and neuroendocrine carcinoma.
DNA strand | Image: FreePik
March 4th 2025

Technology, Partnerships, Data, and Culture Are Keys to Bringing Precision Medicine to Community Oncology

Mary Caffrey
First-Line Tislelizumab Plus Chemotherapy Approved in ESCC Expressing PD-L1
Published: March 4th 2025 | Updated: March 4th 2025

First-Line Tislelizumab Plus Chemotherapy Approved in ESCC Expressing PD-L1

Rose McNulty
Tislelizumab plus chemotherapy received FDA approval as a frontline therapy for individuals with unresectable or metastatic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) whose tumors express PD-L1.
Karen Winkfield, MD, PhD
March 2nd 2025

Expanding Clinical Trial Access Amid DEI Challenges

Maggie L. Shaw Karen Winkfield, MD, PhD
Karen Winkfield, MD, PhD, addresses the importance of inclusive clinical trial participation and meeting patients where they are.
Blue cancer ribbon | Image credit: Chinnapong - stock.adobe.com
February 26th 2025

Cetuximab Plus Chemotherapy May Improve Colorectal Cancer Outcomes

Pearl Steinzor
When combined with chemotherapy, cetuximab shows promising efficacy for optimizing treatment strategies for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer.
Chelsee Jensen, PharmD, BCPS | Image credit: LinkedIn
February 24th 2025

Price Caps During Accelerated Approval Would Help Address Financial Toxicity for Patients, Jensen Says

Chelsee J. Jensen, PharmD, BCPS Interview by Mary Caffrey
Health care institutions with large numbers of Medicare and Medicaid patients may be constrained from offering cancer therapies made available under the accelerated approval pathway.
Cervical cancer awareness | Image Credit: © WhalewithMoon-stock.adobe.com
February 24th 2025

Health System Policy Failures Drive Cervical Cancer Disparities in Rural South

Maggie L. Shaw
The Southern Rural Black Women’s Initiative for Economic and Social Justice works to overcome race, class, cultural, religious, and gender barriers that Black women and young women face in the rural South, specifically the Mississippi Delta and the Black Belt regions of Alabama and Georgia.
Alicia Morgans MD, MPH | Image credit: Dana-Farber
February 20th 2025

Getting More Doctors to Record a Life-Saving Prostate Cancer Calculation

Mary Caffrey
Accurate calculation of prostate-specific antigen doubling time can be crucial for prostate cancer treatment decisions but is often missed by doctors, impacting patient care.
Patient talking with doctor | Image credit: Monkey Business - stock.adobe.com
February 20th 2025

Cancer Mortality Rates Still High Among Black Patients, Despite Overall Decline

Julia Bonavitacola
Black individuals had a 2-fold risk of cancer death related to prostate, myeloma, and stomach cancers compared with White individuals.
Vivek Murthy, MD | Image credit: NBC News
February 19th 2025

Alcohol and Cancer Risk: Murthy’s Parting Call for Warning Labels

Maggie L. Shaw
radiology x-ray lung cancer | Image credit: utah51 – stock.adobe.com
February 17th 2025

2 Immunotherapies Show Comparable Benefits in Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer

Hayden E. Klein
When added to chemotherapy, researchers found no significant difference in overall or progression-free survival between PD-1 and PD-L1 inhibitors.
Susan Escudier, MD, FACP
February 17th 2025

Addressing Financial Toxicity and Clinical Trial Disparities in Community Oncology

Hayden E. Klein Susan Escudier, MD, FACP
Susan Escudier, MD, FACP, explains some of the ways Texas Oncology mitigates financial toxicity and improve clinical trial access for underserved patients.
Powles Highlights “Transformative” Benefit of EV Plus Pembro While Sharing Long-Term Data for EV-302
February 15th 2025

Powles Highlights “Transformative” Benefit of EV Plus Pembro While Sharing Long-Term Data for EV-302

Mary Caffrey
The lead investigator for EV-302 said not long ago, survival of 12 to 14 months in this type of bladder cancer was considered an achievement; in this study, median overall survival was 34 months after treatment with enfortumab vedotin (EV) and pembrolizumab (pembro).
Analysis Looks at Benefits, Toxicity of ADC Combinations in Advanced Bladder Cancer
February 15th 2025

Analysis Looks at Benefits, Toxicity of ADC Combinations in Advanced Bladder Cancer

Mary Caffrey
City of Hope's Salvador Jaime-Casas, MD, discusses a systematic review of recent trials examining objective response rate and adverse events of antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) combinations in advanced urothelial cancer.
Screenshot of an interview with Evangelia Vlachou, MD
February 14th 2025

Enfortumab Vedotin With or Without Pembrolizumab Delivers Promising Responses for Upper Tract Urothelial Cancer

Laura Joszt, MA Evangelia Vlachou, MD
Enfortumab vedotin with or without pembrolizumab offers disease control benefits for patients with upper tract urothelial cancer, said Evangelia Vlachou, MD, of Johns Hopkins Medicine.
Screenshot of an interview with Barry Goy, MD
Published: February 14th 2025 | Updated: February 14th 2025

Receiving NADT for 6 Months Doesn’t Impact Outcomes in Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer After EBRT

Laura Joszt, MA Barry Goy, MD
Adding 6 months of neoadjuvant deprivation therapy (NADT) doesn’t seem to add any benefit for patients with intermediate-risk prostate cancer treated with external-beam radiation therapy (EBRT), according to 15-year outcomes presented by Barry Goy, MD, of Kaiser Permanente.
Metastatic urothelial carcinoma. | Image Credit: MdBabul - stock.adobe.com
February 13th 2025

ASCO GU Posters Address Cost-Effectiveness, Implementation Barriers for New mUC Treatments

Cameron Santoro
Health systems are facing hurdles to implementing new and effective metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC) therapies into practice due to high costs and a lack of targeted initiatives to aid health care providers with integration.
Positive OS for Bladder Cancer Combo, Biomarkers on Tap at ASCO GU 2025
February 11th 2025

Positive OS for Bladder Cancer Combo, Biomarkers on Tap at ASCO GU 2025

Mary Caffrey
Data on enfortumab vedotin plus pembrolizumab for advanced bladder cancer, along with updates on antibody-drug conjugates, biomarkers, and other cancer treatments, will be highlighted at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Genitourinary Cancers Symposium (ASCO GU).
Debra Patt, MD, PhD, MBA, MPH
February 10th 2025

The “Secret Sauce” in Oncology: The Partnership Between Clinicians and AI

Mary Caffrey Debra Patt, MD, PhD, MBA, MPH
“To error is human, and also to error is in machine learning,” said Debra Patt, MD, PhD, MBA, MPH.
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February 10th 2025

Pain Linked to Greater Cigarette, E-Cigarette, Cannabis Use Among Cancer Survivors

Brooke McCormick
These new data highlight the need for improved pain management among patients with cancer and survivors.
Terra Wonsettler, PharmD, MBA | Image credit: Evolent
February 7th 2025

Evolent’s Wonsettler Sees Outcomes-Based Reimbursement as “A Healthy Tool”

Terra Wonsettler, PharmD, MBA Interview by Mary Caffrey
Terra Wonsettler, PharmD, MBA, vice president of pharmacy for Evolent, discusses the recent HHS OIG report that stemmed from the 2021 FDA approval of aducanumab (Aduhelm) and use of the accelerated approval pathway.
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